Bob Dylan - Jokerman (Official HD Video) 

Sitting at my Son’s Grave ( killed in 2011 by careless driver) Thomas Joseph was 27 .. He liked this song .🙏✨✨✨

This is my favorite Bob Dylan song except for all the other Bob Dylan songs that are my favorite.

This Dylan song conveys a particular memory for me. I listened to it that morning in my car at daybreak on an open highway, after leaving my abusive boyfriend - my small dog and suitcase in the back seat. I will never forget the calm and peace I felt listening to this song knowing I was going home to my own quiet peaceful home and into my own bed with my little sweet dog. This man frightened both of us. My dog cowering next to the wall behind the door in order to hide from the yelling... the boyfriend was drunk and wouldn't let me leave so I waited for him to pass out then quietly snuck out when the sun appeared through the trees. 20 years later I still listen to this song and am always swept away by the same feeling of relief and peace that I was able to get away - and stay away from him.

I was 13 years old when I first saw this video. It was the early-mid 80s. I had never heard of Bob Dylan. I remember the poetry hitting me like a sledgehammer. The power of words. Rediscovering this video here feels like I've randomly bumped into an old friend after a lifetime apart.

For anybody else, this would be their greatest song ever written. For Dylan, just another hit.

We are listening to a Legend ❤❤❤❤❤

Love those eyes love that hair love that smile love that voice love that poetry love that music love that meaning etcetera etcetera

This is one of bob's finest songs and performances. Pure poetry.

“Dylan is a goddamn phenomenon, pure gold, and mean as a snake.” -Hunter S. Thompson

Dylan + Knopfler + Mick Taylor + Sly & Robbie - can't really go wrong with this combo!

This song is for eternity; it is timeless. It is the struggle between good and evil with great promise of Christ and freedom. We are the Jokermen always confusing ourselves about who we are and our great potentials. The Jokerman is tricky and deceptive; the father of lies will destroy us one and all. Fight to the finish for the truth in your life and find your destiny before it's too late. Thanks Bob for showing up for the fight. God Bless.

Got permanently hooked on Jokerman. Lyrics like nobody else manage to produce and musicians that really made an impact. Mick Taylor and Mark Knopfler!!!! But the man himself here is Bob. Possibly the Dylan song I`ve played most often.

Listening to Bob for 50 years and still, hearing this today makes me realize I've underestimated him as a singer. He drives his voice here in a way that is hard to emulate. There's ferocity, but also control and surprising precision. This is a powerful vocal performance.

I love the "Freedom around the corner, but with truth so far off what good will it do."

🇧🇷MY FAVORITE BOB DYLAN SONG

Heard this song literally this past Easter, 2024… it has quickly become one of my favorites from Mr. Dylan.

This song is panoramic. The poetry is so freakishly great. Who can write such powerful visions, such powerful emotions. And the song has such a wonderful cadence. And who says Dylan can't sing? Here he slams it over the stands and out of the park. Really, just who else does this???

Don't worry, it grows on you. It gets stuck in your head and before you know it you're back here every single morning

This song is one of his best…the lyrics and the reggae undertones…not to mention the stellar musicians who accompanied him.

Just be thankful and consider yourself blessed that you were alive in history at the same time as Robert Allen Zimmerman.

Mark Knopfler can play just one note and it’s phenomenal

He is a poet. Nobel prize - worthy recipient, all the way.

A friend to the martyr a friend to the woman of shame…

His music still as relevant today as when it was written.

"Rifleman stalking the sick and the lame, PreacherMan seeks the same" People would kill for a line like that, Bob got there first

This is one of the most reflective, insightful songs about life, and death, pain, and hope he's every written. Anyone who doesn't like this tune (Dylan fan or not) is a soulless drone, who needs to see something other than themselves in the mirror.

I live in stockholm Sweden am soon 62 years. I have recently started to sing mostly karaoke. I hav loved Dylan since my teens, and he is for me one of the best modern writer and singer songer and poet ever!!!! this song stunded me!!! i will try to sing it in karaoke, and learn it very well, use to sit out in some park and sing Dylan Cohen etc..... so much poetry in these gyes songs!! Dylan got the Nobel price!!! in litherature!!! what a man !!!!!! first ever not only writing person too get the nobel prize here in Sweden stockholm where i live! Very proud that he got the prize he EARNED IT INDEED!!!!!! Thank you Bob for your wonderful piece of art!!!!!!

Been listening to this song for 40 years and it still hits me square in the chest. Tears every time. What a genius!

We played this song at my dear dads funeral,I have great memory’s of us two singing this at the top of our voices Plus it was fitting to him as he was such a joker love you dad xx

80's Dylan always gets slept on. Infidels and Empire Burlesque are great albums.

lost my brother to a motor bike crash .He adored bob dylan .i have an everlasting bond with his music i adore him also ,my grandson will hear many dylan songs growing up ,to let the next generation feel the enjoyment of his music .

The kids today should listen to this. My old man turned me onto this as a kid. Thank god for hippie parents 🙏. Love from Liverpool England 🇬🇧 xxxxxx

Standing on the waters casting your bread While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing Distant ships sailing into the mist, You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing Freedom just around the corner for you But with the truth so far off, what good will it do? Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman So swiftly the sun sets in the sky, You rise up and say goodbye to no one Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don't show why Shedding off one more layer of skin, Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman You're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds, Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah But what do you care? Ain't nobody there would want to marry your sister Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame, You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed, Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space, Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame, Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks, Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain, False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin, Only a matter of time 'til night comes steppin' in Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman It's a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray, A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet He'll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat, Take the motherless children off the street And place them at the feet of a harlot Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants, Oh, Jokerman, you don't show any response Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman

Rhyming scheme: A - Standing on the waters casting your bread A - While the eyes of the idol with the iron head B - are glowing C - Distant ships sailing into the mist C - You were born with a snake in both of your fists B - while a hurricane was blowing D - Freedom just around the corner for you D - But with the truth so far off, what good will it do? E - Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune E - Bird fly high by the light of the moon F - Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman

Glorious song. Dylan is a giant. Flawed of course, same as the rest of us. But the lyrics here are to live and die by. Magnificent.

RIP Robbie Shakespeare on Bass..... what a line up on this album. Robbie was a huge influence on so much music. Rest in Peace Robbie.

Life wouldn't be worth it without art. Let us bless geniuses, like Bob Dylan, who can grasp the beauty that lives hidden in our plain sight.

Very underrated Dylan song, one of his best in my humble opinon

The director did an amazing job blending the lyrics and images. This is truly beautiful.

Been a fan of BD music for about 50 years. This cassette is in my collection of cassettes from the '80s. I often sing this song when just needing to collect myself . . .I've never seen this video. Opening with a pic of Albrecht Durer, a Sumerian god figure (possibly Gilgamesh), Chief Joseph, JFK, MLK, RFK, the statue of Michaelangelos' Moses, landing at Normandy, Goya, Munch! Powerful!

When I turned 65 my son sented this video to me for my birthday. He remembered this back way then. I am thankful for such a great son. He was but only pre teen, I am for ever grateful for our time together. What a prince,

I never get tired of this song...or this album...or really anything Bob has said, written or sung.

Freedom just around the corner for you But with the truth so far off, what good will it do?

I was stationed in germany when this came out, Lent the CD to a friend and the next day he said he was pissed at me with a smile, said he couldn't get this song out of his head, hell I couldn't either

Like the best of Dylan's songs, this song is about what you want it to be about. Dylan makes mirrors and we see ourselves in them.

This is one of the most magical songs ever.

I Was Born On 4/1/1959 So Bob Has Been A Huge Influence Since " Lay Lady Lay Hit The Top 40! Obviously Jokerman Has Become A Personal Theme Song! How Lucky To Be Able To Say I've Seen America's Greatest Artist About 12 Times Since 1978!

This song is like an education , it covers so much in our lives . Politics , poverty,freedom,Jesus,the devil. The man is a Genius, a living legend.

"Staying one step ahead of the persecutor within." Gold.

GREATEST SONGWRITER IN HISTORY AND I ALWAYS LIKED HIS VOICE. THIS AIN'T F' OPERA. IT'S ROCK+ROLL AND I LIKE IT.

Everytime i hear this i hear something new. Forever genius.

There's a strange magic in this song

Dylan is a special kind of human being

HE MIGHT NOT BE A HANDSOME! BUT HE SURE HAS A UNIQUE VOICE! AND IF HE WRITES ALL HIS SONGS AND SINGS THEM IS TRUELY A GENUINE GENIUS MAN! AND I HEARD HE IS VERY OLD AND STILL ALIVE! HE MUST HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF HIS HIMSELF OR HAD GOOD LOVING PEOPLE AROUND! AND MAYBE I HOPE AND PRAY HE STILL DOES!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😅😅😅😅😅😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😅😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

one of my fav songs of all time

Nobody can get into your head like Bob Dylan 😊✌️

In my opinion one of the finest of all time. "Dream Twister"

My Favorite Dylan song.

I never appreciated Bob Dylan until The Traveling Wilbury’s formed. He is definitely Americas best songwriter his words are unreal how puts them together. Americans should be proud of this guy, even the Irish president mentions him in his speeches👍👍👍

A higher being has been feeding lyrics to Bob ever since he started writing songs. Bob's songs are not of this world. Dylan Legend!

I remember when this video came out my father was so excited to see it on MTV (even though they cut it short due to its length). If you asked my dad to play you a Dylan song he’d play this one. RIP dad ❤️ your memory lives on in my mind whenever I hear this song

Gotta love the pure genius of this fella

I'm having the most wonderful night tonight ...I'm getting stoned and listening to all my favourite songs from Bob ( and so are my neighbours ...again ..oh well ) I haven't listened to this for decades..so tonight is the night. I keep saying this , but I have loved this man from the mid 60's..I was very young, and a 'different ' kid...I liked music my 6 year old friends didn't....Bob's music being 1 of them.....my long distance almost 60 year love affair....thanks Bob xxx

Sly and Robbie were the perfect drum and bass combination for this song.

In my opinion in Dylan's top 3-5 albums. And possibly the only on you can put on repeat for a week. This is one of Dylan's most instrumentally accomplished albums. Here's why: Alan Clark - keyboards Sly Dunbar - drums, percussion Mark Knopfler - guitar, production Robbie Shakespeare - bass guitar Mick Taylor - guitar

Work of genius

Fantastic music of Bob Dylan, it's the best of his carrer. 😊😊😊😊

That's the kind of stuff that can get a musician a nobel prize in literature!

I was 16 when this came out and it confirmed to me in my teenage brain that Dylan was on another level compared to everyone else.

I'm only after realising how talented Bob Dylan is, and always has been, and I'm 43 years old, how did I miss this, his greatness was hiding in plain sight

The best song ever, hands down. I remember I heard it the first time when I was in Brazil, I’m from London. My ex Brazilian partner and his friends were obsessed with it. It was 2008. It sounded tropical to me and also fill history from around the world but also reeked of the present. This video conveys and confirms that. A true masterpiece.

God bless this man. His musical IQ lyrical writing ability had me thinking deeper than any other person of his or my era.

when I die I am going to really miss Bod Dylan and all his songs I have listened to since the 60's

This song is so special a time in my life where i was a heroin addict i turned to drugs from being abbused as a boy i don't go around telling everyone this but think its easier writing than talking about it im clean from drugs i have an amazing family im lucky as only 2% of us come through drugs and abbuse just wish it was 98% so this song goes out to a lot of my friends ive lost to drugs gone never forgotten

"In the smoke of the twilight, on a milk white steed, Michelangelo, indeed could have carved out your features..." I mean- how amazing is that for lyrics???

Who's still listening to this in 2021? I personally have it on repeat!

This is what he was listening to on his headphones and singing at the " we are the world " recording performance.

I remember buying this album about 40 years ago without any idea what was on it. I remember this was the first song of a rollercoaster ride of imagery. Never forget it as long as I live.

What a poet love him

I feel lucky to have a Bob Dylan in the world and this song proves that he is still at his best Thanks again Bob.

Being born in 71, this was my introduction to Dylan. I was mostly impressed by his songwriting, but also with his voice, as it was unique. As I backtracked his albums, I understood why he is the legend of which he is. Great song.

This is one of the best songs ever written. Amazing poetry!

One of the best songs ever written.😊

"But with the truth so far off what good would it do?" ... "False hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin,/only a matter of time 'till night comes steppin' in." "Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, Oh Oh, Jokerman." and he says he's just a song & dance man... no, he's a poet for sure..."Oh Jokerman you know what he wants, Oh Jokerman you don't show any response." Bob Dylan, I'm sorry you are My Inspiration, My Silent Mentor, Our Master of Words and Sound!!!

His best song from the 80s, well Tweeter and the Monkeyman, oh, Every Grain of Sand....and Brownsville Girl. His worst decade is still better than some singer's entire career. An yes the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s and into the 20s. Truly Amazing.

Rest in peace Robbie Shakespeare🎸🎵🎶The Man Who Played Bass On This Track And Sly Dumbar 🥁🎵🎶🖤🤎💚💛❤🤍

Definitely a theme song for the Disneyland experience we are in now. Prescience is his gift.

Congrats Bob to the Nobel Prize! This tune is his absolute masterpiece!

My favorite Dylan album. Superb band and one of my favorite bass tones ever by Robbie Shakespeare. Mark Knopfler did an amazing job producing this. Band, sound quality, lyrics, bass playing, guitar/bass tones all top notch.

Bob Dylanm i will always listen this fantastic song!!!!!!

One of his most powerful song

Bob is an avid reader and gets his inspiration between the pages.

His genius enhanced my life.

Die Bilder und textzeilen von "Jokerman' erschlagen mich jedes Mal, er hat das so genial gemacht...

I've liked Dylan since the 60's...but I didn't follow his career thru the decades that followed. This is my FIRST time hearing Jokerman...and seeing the lyrics as he sings them...has me transported into another dimension of thought. I am in AWE.

This song goes beyond the barriers of the category of "good music"! Both melody as perfect letters! Congratulations for the deserved Nobel Prize!

Wasnt allowes to touch me dads records till bout 14,he only had infidels an hard rain by dylan,hard rain is awsome,jiokerman still sounds as good 2day as 1st time i heard it.own around 24 dylan albums now so dad musta bin onto summat😂

THANK YOU ALL FOR RESPONDING ! BOB IS THE BEST

SONY, we all want ALL of Bob's old videos to return to RU-vid!!!

When we say 'soul singer' this isn't usually what we mean, but that's what he is.